Early Taste of World Cup Action in Germany
There will be an early taste of World Cup action in Germany this weekend when 17 British crews take part in the opening Rowing World Cup of the season on the 1972 Olympic course in Munich from May 25-27th.
The British men’s four – featuring Olympic gold medal winner Steve Williams – and the British women’s quadruple scull – featuring twice Olympic silver medallist Katherine
Grainger – will be the headline boats. Both boats are sponsored by Camelot and are current world champions.
Matt Langridge, former world youth champion, will stroke a new-look men’s eight whilst emerging talents Annie
Vernon and Anna Bebington will race in the women’s double scull.
Alan Campbell will contest the open weight men’s single scull for the first time at this level or regatta.
Olympian Mark Hunter, meanwhile, looks set to return from injury in time to compete in the lightweight equivalent boat but will need to pass a last-minute fitness test.
He will have an eye, later in the year, at contesting for a place in the lightweight men’s double which will be raced in Munich by Tim Male and James Lindsay-Fynn.
Elise Laverick, Olympic bronze medallist in 2004, "Natashas" Howard and Page as well as Katie Greves will all have a busy regatta. They are doubling up in the women’s eight and
two women’s pairs.
The eight is to be stroked by Carla Ashford whose long-time boyfriend, Jonno Devlin is in the four-seat of the men’s eight.
A record 750 athletes from in 340 boats from 46 nations will take part in Munich.
The 2006 season will culminate with the first World Championships on home soil for over two decades at Dorney Lake, Eton, from August 20-27th.
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GB ROWING CREW LISTS
ROWING WORLD CUP – MUNICH
25-27 MAY, 2006
(Crews bow to stroke – plus cox)
OPEN
WOMEN
Pairs
Katie Greves/Elise Laverick
Natasha Howard/Natasha Page
Eight
Baz Moffat/Natasha Page/Vicki Etiebet/Jess
Eddie/Natasha Howard/Elise Laverick/Katie
Greves/Carla Ashford/Caroline O’Connor (cox)
Double scull
Annie Vernon/Anna Bebington
Quadruple scull
Debbie Flood/Sarah Winckless/Frances Houghton/
Katherine Grainger
MEN
Pair
Simon Fieldhouse/Marcus Bateman
Four
Steve Williams/Peter Reed/Alex Partridge/
Andy Hodge
Eight
Tom Stallard/Toby Garbett/Tom Solesbury/
Jonno Devlin/Hugo Lee/Josh West/Kieran West/
Matt Langridge/Acer Nethercott (cox)
Single scull
Double scull
Matthew Wells/Stephen Rowbotham
LIGHTWEIGHT
WOMEN
Single scull
Laura Ralston
Double sculls
Helen Casey/Jane Hall
Lindsay Dick/Antonia van Deventer
MEN
Pair
Nick English/Dave Currie
Four
Matt Beechey/Daniel Harte/Paul Mattick/
James Clarke
Single scull
Mark Hunter (subject to medical)
Double scull
Tim Male/James Lindsay-Fynn
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GB ROWING SQUADS = HOME TOWNS LIST
BRITISH ROWING SQUADS
NAME D.O.B/PLACEofBIRTH/HOMETOWN/LIVING
Carla Ashford 13.3.79/Northallerton, N.Yorks/Masham, N.Yorks/Brentford
Marcus Bateman 16.9.82/Bermuda/Torquay/Henley on Thames
Anna Bebington 13.2.83/Leek, Staffs/Leek/Crowthorne, Berks
Matt Beechey 3.4.77/Worcester/Worcester/Henley on Thames
Nick Brodie 6.8.96/Oxford /Oxford/Oxford
Alan Campbell 5.9.83/Coleraine/Coleraine/Mortlake
Helen Casey 6.2.74/Stockport/Oxford/Oxford
Jonno Devlin 17.3.76/South Africa/Oxford/Putney
Jess Eddie 7.10.84/Durham/Durham/Chiswick
Richard Egington 26.2.79/Knutsford/n/a/Henley on Thames
Robin Ejsmond-Frey 14.3.86/London/Hammersmith/Oxford
Nick English 11.5.78/Coventry/Whitley Bay/Nottingham
Simon Fieldhouse 4.9.76 n/a/n/a/Thames Ditton, Sy
Debbie Flood 27.2.80/Harrogate/Leeds/Henley on Thames
Toby Garbett 14.11.76/Chertsey, Sy/West Byfleet/Ascot, Berks
Katherine Grainger 11.12.75/Glasgow/Aberdeen/Bisham, Bucks
Alex Gregory 11.3.84n/a/Wormington/Reading
Katie Greves 2.9.82/London/Oxford/Mortlake
Joanna Hammond 28.1.80/Leamington Spa/Leamington/Cambridge
Daniel Harte 12.12.75n/a/n/a/Putney
Mike Hennessy 24.12.76/London/Deptford/Chiswick
Rob Hollis 14.2.84/Wendover/Monmouth/Cowley
Naomi Hoogesteger 22.5.81n/a/Wells/Spennymoor
Frances Houghton 19.9.80/Oxford/Oxford/Putney
Natasha Howard 3.9.80/Harare, Zimbabwe/West Runton/Chiswick
Tom James 3.11.84/Cardiff/Wrexham/Cambridge
Simon Jones 8.6.78n/a/n/a/Cropwell Butler
Matthew Langridge 20.5.83/Northwich, Cheshire/Northwich/Henley on Thames
Elise Laverick 27.7.75/Rustington, Sx/Poling, W Sx/Putney
Ian Lawson 4.3.77/Bradford/Otley, W.Yks/Henley on Thames
Hugo Lee 5.3.84/Guildford/Jeburgh, Scottish Border/Oxford
James Lindsay-Fynn 29.9.75/Dublin/Trim, Ireland/London
Rachel Loveridge 7.5.80/Swindon/Hayling Island/Putney
Tim Male 9.7.75/Yeovil, So/Yeovil/Chiswick
Paul Mattick 25.4.78n/a/Oxford
Acer Nethercott 28.11.77/Newmarket/Harlow, Ex/Oxford
Lorna Norris 23.12.75n/a/na/a/Mortlake
Caroline O’Connor 25.4.83Ealing/Ealing/Ealing
Natasha Page 30.4.85n/a/Hartpury/Reading
Charlie Palmer 25.10.78/Melbourne Hagley, Tasmania/Cambridge
Tom Parker 24.10.82/Hammersmith/Winchester/Oxford
Alex Partridge 25.1.81/San Francisco/Alton, Hants/East Sheen
Peter Reed 27.7.81/Seattle, USA/Nailsworth/Oxford
Beth Rodford 28.12.82/Burton/Trent/Gloucester/Cowley
Steve Rowbotham 11.11.81n/a/Winscombe/West Molesey
Rebecca Rowe 16.5.81/Bridgend/Cardiff/Cardiff
Phil Simmons 6.2.75/Wimbledon/Thames Ditton/Thames Ditton
Colin Smith 3.9.83/ Harare, Zimbabwe/Henley on Thames/Oxford
Tom Stallard 11.9.78/London/Welwyn, Herts/London
James Stephenson 4.4.77/n/aChipstead/Thames Ditton
Florence Temple 11.3.79/Harlow/Northampton/Putney
Sam Townsend n/a/ Reading/Reading/Reading
Andrew Triggs Hodge 3.8.79/Aylesbury/Hebden, Skipton/East Molesey
Annie Vernon 1.9.82n/a/Wadebridge, Cornwall/Marlow, Bucks
Matthew Wells 19.4.79/Bradford/Hexham, Northumberland/East Sheen
Josh West 25.3.77/Santa Fe, USA/Santa Fe/Cambridge
Kieran West MBE 18.9.77/Kingston-upon-Thames/W. Byfleet/Mortlake
Steve Williams 15.4.76/Warwick/Cheltenham/Henley
Sarah Winckless 18.10.73/Reading/Hurley, Bucks/Marlow, Bucks
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